List of authors of South African animal taxa

List of authors of South African animal taxa is a list of authors who have described or revised South African animals, and the standard forms used for identification of those authors in the zoological literature.

Following this comes a list of major groups they have worked on.

In cases where there is more than one person who may be referred to by a name, one or more dates of publication may help with disambiguation.

If neither is known, a date on which the author is known to have published a name (usually the earliest, and optionally also the latest, if more than one is known) is given preceded by 'fl.'

Wikispecies catalogue of taxon authorities